Hamlet's dead father
His father's ghost appears to him in a grave yard and tells him who and how he died.
No in the opening scene Horatio, Hamlets friend, sees the ghost, along with two sentries, Marcellus and Bernardo. The Sentries have seen the ghost on previous nights and have called Horatio to see it too.
The Queen can't see him. And that is really odd, because when the ghost appeared on the battlements, everyone could see him: Horatio, Marcellus and everyone.
"Never to speak of this that you have heard", by which he means the appearance of the ghost, although Horatio heard nothing from the ghost's lips. Also, "How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself . . .that you, at such times seeing me, never shall . . . note that you know aught of me." Horatio and Marcellus are not to suggest even that they have an idea why Hamlet is doing what he is doing.
Marcellus and Barnardo assume that Horatio, being an educated man, will have studied Speaking to Ghosts 101 at Wittenberg University and will know how to talk to it.
Horatio tell HAmlet that after midnight his father ghost shows up
His father's ghost appears to him in a grave yard and tells him who and how he died.
In "Hamlet," Horatio sees the apparition that Bernardo and Marcellus had previously observed. Since the ghost appears to be in battle armor, Horatio takes that to mean impending danger to Denmark, possibly in the form of a military attack.
Marcellus thinks that Horatio may know how to speak to a ghost because he is a University Man. I guess Marcellus assumes that's the kind of thing you learn at a University.
No in the opening scene Horatio, Hamlets friend, sees the ghost, along with two sentries, Marcellus and Bernardo. The Sentries have seen the ghost on previous nights and have called Horatio to see it too.
The Queen can't see him. And that is really odd, because when the ghost appeared on the battlements, everyone could see him: Horatio, Marcellus and everyone.
Yes the ghost only speaks to Hamlet. The others can see him but cannot hear him. When the ghost visits Hamlet in his mother's closet, his mother can neither see nor hear him.
Bernardo Francisco and Marcellus are the guards for the castle for ellisnore of denmark. Horatio is hamlets friend who is also a scholar.
"Never to speak of this that you have heard", by which he means the appearance of the ghost, although Horatio heard nothing from the ghost's lips. Also, "How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself . . .that you, at such times seeing me, never shall . . . note that you know aught of me." Horatio and Marcellus are not to suggest even that they have an idea why Hamlet is doing what he is doing.
Marcellus and Barnardo assume that Horatio, being an educated man, will have studied Speaking to Ghosts 101 at Wittenberg University and will know how to talk to it.
Marcellus says to Horatio that the sight has been "twice seen of us", meaning that he and Barnardo have seen it twice before the play starts.
Horatio and the guards see the ghost at the beginning of the play.